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Dow leads stocks lower ahead of Powell testimony: Stock market news today

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Dow leads stocks lower ahead of Powell testimony: Stock market news today
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Stocks ended the session lower Tuesday as investors awaited Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s testimony and eyed potential headwinds to the recent rally, including concerns about China’s economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) fell 0.72%, or more than 200 points. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) was down about 0.47%, while the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) dropped 0.16%. Worries about the health of China’s economy, the second-biggest in the world, persisted as Beijing’s latest cut to a key lending rate fell short of hopes. Markets are also bracing for Powell’s two-day testimony to a House committee set to start Wednesday, watching for…

Stock Markets: Skim off the froth

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Stock Markets: Skim off the froth
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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on June 01, 2023 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThis report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.What you need to know todayOh, snapsMajor US indexes fell across the board Friday and snapped their multiweek winning streaks. Stock markets in Europe traded lower too. The pan-European Stoxx…

The Bank of Canada is expected to raise interest rates once more, cap at 5%

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The Bank of Canada is expected to raise interest rates once more, cap at 5%
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Article content The Bank of Canada will raise borrowing costs by another 25 basis points in coming months before capping its tightening cycle, economists said.Article content Canada’s central bank will increase its key overnight rate to five per cent in the third quarter, according to a monthly Bloomberg survey of 25 economists. That would be the highest level since 2001.Article content The outlook still more or less shows the economy headed for a so-called soft landing as policy makers push rates deeply into restrictive territory. Analysts raised their expectations for growth in 2023 to 1.3 per cent from…

A blueprint to select visuals that boost SEO in a TikTok-centric world

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A blueprint to select visuals that boost SEO in a TikTok-centric world
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30-second summary:Creating an emotional connection through visuals is crucial to connect with consumers The ever-changing landscape of consumer visual processing requires marketers to thoughtfully select visuals that align with their content, boost SEO performance and drive higher conversions When visual content can increase search visibility, more than 43% of marketers struggle to constantly produce it for SEO Matthew O’Such, Vice President of Digital Marketing & SEO at Getty Images and iStock helps brands navigate visual processing through compelling imagery and video to boost ROIThe advent of TikTok and its meteoric rise in popularity throughout the pandemic has changed…

Where Stock Market Is Headed After Wild First Half: Five Charts

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Where Stock Market Is Headed After Wild First Half: Five Charts
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(Bloomberg) — As a dizzying first half for US stocks draws to a close, the Nasdaq 100 Index is poised for its best opening six months to a year ever, and Wall Street is growing concerned that the Federal Reserve will derail the rally. Most Read from Bloomberg Optimism that the US central bank is approaching the end of its tightening campaign helped transform the technology-heavy gauge from 2022’s market underachiever to 2023’s early champion, with a surge of 36% erasing last year’s 33% slump. The resurgence has defied skeptics, coming in the face of bank failures, recession fears and…

Review of the FFA European Fund Finance Symposium

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Review of the FFA European Fund Finance Symposium
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We reported in last week’s edition of Fund Finance Friday on some of the significant themes and topics at the FFA 7th Annual European Fund Finance Symposium. Given the breadth and depth of panel sessions and conversations, we could not do the Symposium justice by attempting to include all of our key take-aways in one article, and so we continue our summary below. As always, many thanks to the FFA and all of the event’s sponsors and panellists for putting together such a topical and informative agenda, and creating a great opportunity to spend time with friends, colleagues and clients.…

Corporate bankruptcies surge on high interest rates, uncertainty

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Corporate bankruptcies surge on high interest rates, uncertainty
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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell departs after speaking during a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, at the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC, on June 14, 2023. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty ImagesThe Federal Reserve plans to keep hiking interest rates to stem inflation, which means an increase in corporate default rates is likely in coming months. The corporate default rate rose in May, a sign that US companies are grappling with higher interest rates that make it more expensive to refinance debt as well as an uncertain economic outlook. There have been 41…

The top 4 questions to add to your Business Travel tender in light of the pandemic

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The top 4 questions to add to your Business Travel tender in light of the pandemic
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The current global pandemic has had an impact on all of our lives in some way and will inevitably influence the evolving shape of business travel as we look forward to being able to travel more freely in the not too distant future. There is no doubt that your business will now have lots more to consider as your employees start to hit the road again and it’s crucial that as you start to look at travel again, you ask the right questions within your tender to make sure your new supplier can fully support you in these uncertain times.…